Tag: Books

Are YOU a Bookdragon? Let's see! You know you are a bookdragon when... 1.) You read a 400 page novel in an hour and a half. Y'all I did this while waiting for my dad at the library the other day. He called me "crazy". Maybe? 2.) You drink more tea in one night than China… Continue reading You Know You Are a Bookdragon When…

Hey y'all! So, in this post I was going to do a list of my favorite authors who lived more than 100 years ago. But when I sat down to make the list... I had a bunch of authors leftover that I love who are in the modern Christian author group... So... This list is… Continue reading Friday’s Favorite Five: Ancient Christian Authors

Splendid Salutations, my dear readers! In this post, I'm going to start a series within a series. So, when I make new friends, I make it a point to tell them that I am an avid reader, and so, subsequently, one of their first questions is, "Who is your favorite author?" Awesome question because I… Continue reading Friday’s Favorite Five: Modern Christian Authors

A couple weeks ago, I finished reading Thomas Mallory's Le Morte D'Arthur, and I thought it would be a really good book to do a review and takeaways post on. As I was reading, I realized that, as much as we often praise the chivalry of Arthur's day, the morality of beloved Camelot was not… Continue reading Book Review and Takeaways: Le Morte D’Arthur

I recently finished reading Augustine's The City of God, and I have to say that I honestly enjoyed it, despite Augustine's sometimes annoying detailed analysis of the seemingly insignificant. I say seemingly because Augustine was not an author to waste his time going on tangents or covering topics that were not of the utmost gravity… Continue reading Book Review & Takeaways: The City of God

Finally! I’ve done it. I’ve read Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. I have to admit, I undertook the entire task expecting to love it. And I wasn’t disappointed. So, here is my review and my takeaways from this amazingly written book. **SPOILER ALERT** From the outset, I realized that Tolstoy was not one to let any… Continue reading Book Review & Takeaways: Anna Karenina